With Donald Trump unceremoniously demolishing the East Wing of the White House to build his gigantic ballroom, Sam Stein and Sonny Bunch discuss cinema’s most iconic White House destruction scenes as the reality of the demolition images unfortunately imitate art.
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Trump Put His Own Lawyers in Charge of His DOJ Payout
Sarah Longwell and Sam Stein take on Trump’s latest outrage—a $230 million demand that the Justice Department pay him for investigations into his own crimes. They discuss how Trump installed his own lawyers inside DOJ to approve the payout, why it’s one of his most brazen acts of corruption yet, and what it says about the moral rot at the heart of MAGA politics.
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A Story So Bizarre That No Podcast Title Can Possibly Do It Justice
Tim, Sam and Will take on the wild world of major MAGA pseudoscience phenomenon—from a $40 million “energy healing” recliner empire to a self-proclaimed alien cabal called The Light System. Tucker Carlson, RFK Jr., and James O’Keefe all make cameos in this true story of conspiracies, bath salts, and the dumbest scam yet to come out of the right-wing "wellness movement."
Read Will's article: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/bizarre-healing-tv-screen-tycoon-funding-maga-media-unifyd-eesystem
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Trump’s Pick Admits He Has a ‘Nazi Streak’
Tim Miller takes on yet another Republican texting racist and antisemitic rhetoric, with Paul Ingrassia, Trump's nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, having texted several obscene and offensive messages.
Read More in Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/20/paul-ingrassia-racist-text-messages-nazi-00613608
Read “Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.” in Lawfare: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna--lindsey-halligan-here
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Savoring Curtis Sliwa’s Epic Takedown of Andrew Cuomo and Bill Ackman
JVL and Andrew Egger take on Curtis Sliwa's incredibly theatrical, straight-to-camera interview performance with Nate Friedman where he thoroughly takes down failed tennis pro billionaire Bill Ackman as he explains his NYC mayoral ambitions.
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